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Cleveland's Minstrels Coming

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
November
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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iNexc juonaay evenmg the troupe ot artists of the above name will appear in Ann Arbor. W. S. Cleveland, of the minstrels, is a strict disciplinarían. At times some of the boys are a little coltish; out of a large company of performers some are inclined to have their own way - jump the fences - that is, break the rules laid down for their guidance. They fret with " keeping in the middle of the road " all the while, and want to take the bit in the mouth and cavort a bit; then it is that S. VV. takes the reins and brings them up with a round turn. VVhen Cleveland says " whoa ! " he means it, but in Ohio, lately, one of the actors frequently did not arrive in town with the balance of the troupe, thereby missing parade and rehearsals. Fines did not cure him, and he did not arrive in Cincinnati on time. Having neither coin or conveyance, he telegraphed the manager in vain. Cleveland was angry and wired in answer, "stay there." The repentant minstrel was in a fix; he went out for a walk, and noted that the Ohio river was full of lloating ice and he knew that the river flowed toward Cincinnati, so he hied himself to the telegraph office and sent a collect message to his irate employer, it read: ' All right, í will be down on the first piece of ice." The humor of this amused W. S., he relented and telegraphed the wayward minstrel a ticket, and that night he was in his accustomed seat in the first part circle. It is pleasing to relate that he has reformed, and for fear of getting left he is at the depot a half hour in advance of the departure of the troupe.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News